Patents by Inventor Hirofumi Fujii

Hirofumi Fujii has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20230367257
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes an image forming device, an image bearer, at least one density sensor, a cleaning jig, and an insertion port. The image forming device forms a toner image. The image bearer bears the toner image to be transferred on a recording medium. The density sensor has a light-receiving surface to optically read the toner image. The light-receiving surface faces the image bearer constantly. The cleaning jig cleans the density sensor and includes a cleaner to contact the light-receiving surface. The cleaning jig is inserted through the insertion port into the body of the image forming apparatus and reciprocally moved to clean the light-receiving surface and is removed from the body of the image forming apparatus after the light-receiving surface is cleaned.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2023
    Publication date: November 16, 2023
    Inventor: Hirofumi FUJII
  • Publication number: 20230312811
    Abstract: Provided is a curable composition including a urethanization reaction product of: a branched polyolefin diol having a carbon-carbon double bond in a side chain; at least one selected from an isocyanurate product, an adduct product, and a biuret product, of an aliphatic diisocyanate having 6 or more and 10 or less total carbon atoms; and a hydroxy saturated C1 to C4 alkyl (meth)acrylate. Also provided are a method for producing the curable composition, and a specific curable compound included in the curable composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2021
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Applicant: Nitto Shinko Corporation
    Inventors: Hirofumi Fujii, Daisuke Hirayama, Ryuji Kawamura, Satoshi Okuda
  • Patent number: 11773202
    Abstract: Provided is a curable composition including a urethanization reaction product of a branched polyolefin diol; at least one selected from an isocyanurate product, an adduct product, and a biuret product, of an aliphatic diisocyanate having 6 to 10 total carbon atoms; and a hydroxy saturated C1 to C4 alkyl (meth)acrylate. Also provided are a method for producing the curable composition, and a specific curable compound included in the curable composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: NITTO SHINKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryuji Kawamura, Hirofumi Fujii
  • Publication number: 20220396645
    Abstract: Provided is a curable composition including: a curable oligomer having, in its molecule, a branched polyolefin structure and a (meth)acryloyl group; a saturated cycloalkyl (meth)acrylate monomer having, in its molecule, a saturated cyclic hydrocarbon structure and a (meth)acryloyl group; and a saturated chain alkyl (meth)acrylate monomer having, in its molecule, a saturated chain hydrocarbon structure and a (meth)acryloyl group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2020
    Publication date: December 15, 2022
    Applicant: Nitto Shinko Corporation
    Inventors: Ryuji Kawamura, Hirofumi Fujii, Satoshi Okuda
  • Patent number: 11418056
    Abstract: A monitoring control system includes: at least one transmission monitoring control subsystem; and at least one distribution monitoring control subsystem. The transmission monitoring control subsystem and the distribution monitoring control subsystem respectively include an operation procedure creation unit that creates an operation procedure that defines a procedure of an operation for a facility installed in an electric power system, and an operation unit that, in a case an on-site operation that cannot be remotely performed on the facility is included in the operation procedure, transmits, to an on-site terminal associated with the on-site operation, a start confirmation instruction to confirm whether or not the on-site operation can be started and the operation procedure for the on-site operation. The monitoring control system performs monitoring control of the power transmission system and the power distribution system based on the operation procedure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignees: Toshiba Energy Systems & Solutions Corporation, Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings, Incorporated
    Inventors: Hiroaki Fujiura, Masami Onishi, Hirofumi Fujii, Hiroaki Sato, Koichi Takeuchi, Junya Yamamoto, Takashi Eguchi, Tomohiro Kubo, Masanori Endo, Kenji Kitami, Takaaki Hosaka, Jun Inoue
  • Publication number: 20220081504
    Abstract: Provided is, for example, a curable composition including: a curable compound having, in a molecule, a branched polyolefin structure, a (meth)acryloyl group, and an isocyanate group; and an alicyclic (meth)acrylate monomer having, in a molecule, a cycloalkyl structure and a (meth)acryloyl group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2020
    Publication date: March 17, 2022
    Applicant: Nitto Shinko Corporation
    Inventors: Ryuji Kawamura, Hirofumi Fujii
  • Publication number: 20220073672
    Abstract: Provided is a curable composition including a urethanization reaction product of: a branched polyolefin diol; at least one selected from an isocyanurate product, an adduct product, and a biuret product, of an aliphatic diisocyanate having 6 to 10 total carbon atoms; and a hydroxy saturated C1 to C4 alkyl (meth)acrylate. Also provided are a method for producing the curable composition, and a specific curable compound included in the curable composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2020
    Publication date: March 10, 2022
    Applicant: Nitto Shinko Corporation
    Inventors: Ryuji Kawamura, Hirofumi Fujii
  • Patent number: 11225711
    Abstract: A coating device that can control a coating thickness distribution along the circumferential direction of a work is provided. The coating device includes a work turning device that holds a plurality of works to rotate and revolve the works, a target having an emission face from which particles come out as a material of a coating formed on an outer circumferential face of each of the works, a power source that supplies an arc current to the target to cause the particles to come out of the target, and a controller that controls the power source to set the arc current in a particular period to be higher than a reference output, the particular period being at least a portion of a period in which a particular portion of the rotating work faces the emission face.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2022
    Assignee: Kobe Steel, Ltd.
    Inventor: Hirofumi Fujii
  • Patent number: 10992174
    Abstract: A monitoring control system including: at least one transmission monitoring control subsystem that performs monitoring control of a power transmission system; at least one distribution monitoring control subsystem that performs monitoring control of a power distribution system; a calculation server that stores outage plan names related to outages of the power transmission system and outages of the power distribution system; and a network that connects the transmission monitoring control subsystem, the distribution monitoring control subsystem, and the calculation server. The monitoring control system performs monitoring control of the power transmission system and the power distribution system based on the outage plan name.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Assignees: Toshiba Energy Systems & Solutions Corporation, Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings, Incorporated
    Inventors: Hiroaki Fujiura, Masami Onishi, Hirofumi Fujii, Hiroaki Sato, Koichi Takeuchi, Junya Yamamoto, Takashi Eguchi, Tomohiro Kubo, Masanori Endo, Kenji Kitami, Takaaki Hosaka, Jun Inoue
  • Publication number: 20210075253
    Abstract: A monitoring control system including: at least one transmission monitoring control subsystem that performs monitoring control of a power transmission system; at least one distribution monitoring control subsystem that performs monitoring control of a power distribution system; a calculation server that stores outage plan names related to outages of the power transmission system and outages of the power distribution system; and a network that connects the transmission monitoring control subsystem, the distribution monitoring control subsystem, and the calculation server. The monitoring control system performs monitoring control of the power transmission system and the power distribution system based on the outage plan name.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2018
    Publication date: March 11, 2021
    Applicants: Toshiba Energy Systems & Solutions Corporation, Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings, Incorporated
    Inventors: Hiroaki FUJIURA, Masami ONISHI, Hirofumi FUJII, Hiroaki SATO, Koichi TAKEUCHI, Junya YAMAMOTO, Takashi EGUCHI, Tomohiro KUBO, Masanori ENDO, Kenji KITAMI, Takaaki HOSAKA, Jun INOUE
  • Patent number: 10907246
    Abstract: A film-forming apparatus having a simple and downsized structure is provided. The film-forming apparatus includes at least one target having an opposing face that opposes a substrate, a plurality of target holders each detachably holding the target, a cooling unit that cools a plurality of the target holders, and at least one cooling panel. The at least one cooling panel includes a held part held by the target holder, and a heat receiving part having a heat receiving face that opposes the substrate with the held part held by the target holder and receives radiation heat emitted from the substrate. The held part transfers heat from the heat receiving face to the target holder. Each target holder selectively holds the target or the cooling panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: Kobe Steel, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hirofumi Fujii, Takeshi Suzuki
  • Patent number: 10844473
    Abstract: An arc evaporation device includes a bar-shaped target having a front end surface and a side surface to be melted and evaporated from the front end surface by arc discharge; an arc power supply; a target feed unit which moves the target axially and in a feed direction; an ignition rod capable of contact with the side surface of the target, in an intersecting direction intersecting the feed direction; a rotary actuator which moves the ignition rod along the intersecting direction from a retraction position apart from the side surface in the intersecting direction to make the ignition rod enter a transport region into which the target is fed; and a detection unit which detects whether or not the ignition rod has come into contact with the side surface of the target during movement of the ignition rod.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: Kobe Steel, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hirofumi Fujii, Hideaki Kamezawa, Shinichi Tanifuji, Hideki Shirane
  • Publication number: 20200144856
    Abstract: A monitoring control system includes: at least one transmission monitoring control subsystem; and at least one distribution monitoring control subsystem. The transmission monitoring control subsystem and the distribution monitoring control subsystem respectively include an operation procedure creation unit that creates an operation procedure that defines a procedure of an operation for a facility installed in an electric power system, and an operation unit that, in a case an on-site operation that cannot be remotely performed on the facility is included in the operation procedure, transmits, to an on-site terminal associated with the on-site operation, a start confirmation instruction to confirm whether or not the on-site operation can be started and the operation procedure for the on-site operation. The monitoring control system performs monitoring control of the power transmission system and the power distribution system based on the operation procedure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2018
    Publication date: May 7, 2020
    Applicants: Toshiba Energy Systems & Solutions Corporation, Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings, Incorporated
    Inventors: Hiroaki FUJIURA, Masami ONISHI, Hirofumi FUJII, Hiroaki SATO, Koichi TAKEUCHI, Junya YAMAMOTO, Takashi EGUCHI, Tomohiro KUBO, Masanori ENDO, Kenji KITAMI, Takaaki HOSAKA, Jun INOUE
  • Patent number: 10581367
    Abstract: The rotating-electric-machine control apparatus is provided with two or more torque compensation amount maps that each store a torque compensation amount corresponding to a detection rotation speed and a first torque command and a torque compensation amount map selector that selects a single torque compensation amount map from the two or more torque compensation amount maps, based on at least one of the detection rotation speed and control information indicating a control method utilized by the voltage applying device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Hirofumi Fujii, Kotaro Nakano, Daiki Matsuura, Noriyuki Wada, Yoshihiko Kimpara
  • Patent number: 10538842
    Abstract: A deposition device includes: a cooling unit that cools workpieces; a rotating table main body that rotates around a vertical axis, this rotating table main body having a cooling unit placement portion on which the cooling unit is placed and workpiece placement portions which are arranged so as to surround the periphery of the cooling unit placement portion and on which the workpieces are placed respectively; a lifting mechanism that lifts and lowers the cooling unit, inside the space, between a first position in which the cooling unit is placed on the rotating table main body and a second position in which the cooling unit is spaced upward from the rotating table main body and faces side surfaces of the workpieces placed on the workpiece placement portions; and refrigerant piping attached to the chamber and detachably connected to the cooling unit to supply the refrigerant to the cooling unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2020
    Assignee: Kobe Steel, Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshiki Segawa, Atsushi Ishiyama, Hirofumi Fujii
  • Publication number: 20200017956
    Abstract: A coating device that can control a coating thickness distribution along the circumferential direction of a work is provided. The coating device includes a work turning device that holds a plurality of works to rotate and revolve the works, a target having an emission face from which particles come out as a material of a coating formed on an outer circumferential face of each of the works, a power source that supplies an arc current to the target to cause the particles to come out of the target, and a controller that controls the power source to set the arc current in a particular period to be higher than a reference output, the particular period being at least a portion of a period in which a particular portion of the rotating work faces the emission face.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2018
    Publication date: January 16, 2020
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA KOBE SEIKO SHO (KOBE STEEL, LTD.)
    Inventor: Hirofumi FUJII
  • Publication number: 20190316248
    Abstract: A film-forming apparatus having a simple and downsized structure is provided. The film-forming apparatus includes at least one target having an opposing face that opposes a substrate, a plurality of target holders each detachably holding the target, a cooling unit that cools a plurality of the target holders, and at least one cooling panel. The at least one cooling panel includes a held part held by the target holder, and a heat receiving part having a heat receiving face that opposes the substrate with the held part held by the target holder and receives radiation heat emitted from the substrate. The held part transfers heat from the heat receiving face to the target holder. Each target holder selectively holds the target or the cooling panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2017
    Publication date: October 17, 2019
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA KOBE SEIKO SHO (KOBE STEEL, LTD.)
    Inventors: Hirofumi FUJII, Takeshi SUZUKI
  • Publication number: 20190123677
    Abstract: The rotating-electric-machine control apparatus is provided with two or more torque compensation amount maps that each store a torque compensation amount corresponding to a detection rotation speed and a first torque command and a torque compensation amount map selector that selects a single torque compensation amount map from the two or more torque compensation amount maps, based on at least one of the detection rotation speed and control information indicating a control method utilized by the voltage applying device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2018
    Publication date: April 25, 2019
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Hirofumi FUJII, Kotaro NAKANO, Daiki MATSUURA, Noriyuki WADA, Yoshihiko KIMPARA
  • Publication number: 20190024228
    Abstract: An arc evaporation device includes a bar-shaped target having a front end surface and a side surface to be melted and evaporated from the front end surface by arc discharge; an arc power supply; a target feed unit which moves the target axially and in a feed direction; an ignition rod capable of contact with the side surface of the target, in an intersecting direction intersecting the feed direction; a rotary actuator which moves the ignition rod along the intersecting direction from a retraction position apart from the side surface in the intersecting direction to make the ignition rod enter a transport region into which the target is fed; and a detection unit which detects whether or not the ignition rod has come into contact with the side surface of the target during movement of the ignition rod.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2017
    Publication date: January 24, 2019
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA KOBE SEIKO SHO (Kobe Steel, Ltd.)
    Inventors: Hirofumi FUJII, Hideaki KAMEZAWA, Shinichi TANIFUJI, Hideki SHIRANE
  • Patent number: 10178356
    Abstract: A monitoring apparatus includes a processor, wherein the monitoring apparatus images a monitoring area and outputs a moving image of the monitoring area, and the processor detects all persons appearing in the moving image, performs mask processing of changing inner portions of outlines of all persons into translucent mask images, and superposes the mask images on a background image, to generate a mask-processed moving image, and outputs the mask-processed moving image to a browsing apparatus through a network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2019
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hirofumi Fujii, Kazuhiko Iwai, Tetsurou Kakizawa, Kosuke Hosoi, Marie Kuwahara, Kazuma Yoshida